POVERTY THOUGHT FORCE FINAL REPORT _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prompts for the table discussions were: 1. How can we enhance infant/early-childhood health outcomes? 2. How might we expand access to reliable and affordable health care, including mental health care? 3. How can we best shift providers and patients alike to a focus on preventive care, e.g., treating chronic diseases before they become life-threatening? Jobs & Workforce Development March 17, 2016. Saint Peter’s Church & World Outreach Center This world café drew 80 participants who discussed barriers to employment, job skills straining for low-income individuals and how to create better paying jobs. Prompts for the table discussions were: 1. How might we create more living-wage jobs in Winston- Salem/Forsyth County? 2. How can we overcome primary barriers to employment, such as felony record, ageism, racism, sexism, unpredictable schedules for low-wage workers, and others? 3. How can we expand access to job training/skills programs, enabling more low-income individuals to secure steady work? Community Review October 10, 2016. Biotech Place, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter This world café drew 72 participants, nearly all with current or recent personal experience of poverty. Attendees discussed recommendations that had emerged from the five previous world cafes and offered new ideas for addressing issues in each of the five topic areas. The comments from this World Café were recorded by scribes and are to be found in italics in Appendix A. 50